COMIC CITY

Comic City Concrete Routines unto Oblivion...From
a distance the city reveals itself as an ominous gear propelled by an
endless sea of faceless denizens. Perpetually spiralling around in
meaningless routine, the anonymous crowds move the metropolis as they
disappear into a horizon of oblivion. Despite the terrifying scenario
we are pulled in by a mesmeric force, a hypnotic attraction promising
unobtainable dreams and ideals. As we approach the crowded streets
the factory skyline becomes difficult to distinguish. Instead the
buildings appear like giant tombstone towers hovering over the
frenzied hordes of peoples going nowhere. The constant vibrations and
movement seem to cancel each other out creating a strange nihilistic
effect, the city is very much alive yet somehow resembles an enormous
graveyard.

Entirely
swept up by the mass manipulations we follow the rhythms blindly
rushing towards our trivial rewards. All the while completely unaware
of any consequences which may result from this unkempt factory. The
continuous production of superficial ideologies leaves a wake of
devastation in it's path. Using up the energy of the collective
unconscious only to spit out a deep darkened waste. The activities of
the city factory polluting the lands and the human mind. It is
questionable just sustainable such a mechanism truly is.

Suddenly,
as if in answer to these unusual doubts, a dream like blast tears
through the landscape. This unseen force instantly annihilates the
skyline, tearing the tombstone towers to pieces and hurdling the
crowds through the air. With huge chaotic tar-like waves the entire
metropolis is reduced to rubble. The event lasts less than a few
seconds leaving nothing more than a psychic stain and floating
particles. In those drifting ashes the remains of mankind hover like
tiny lost souls spiralling through a broken machine...

“HEY
APATHY” is an ongoing artistic investigation into the
metropolis, in an attempt to answer the questions "WHAT IS THE
CITY?","WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE?" and "WHERE DO
I FIT IN?". I made this comic city sequence of drawings as a
visual artist's statement to accompany the first series. The images
represent the five major symbols I used in the introduction to my
adventure: “THE CITY OF GEARS”, “The City of
Graves”, “The Apocalypse”, “The Floating People”, and “The
Falling Person”. Starting from an aerial and distant view,
the artworks bring the audience in closer and closer to
chaotic city. At first introducing the faceless crowds, then
engulfing and including the viewer in the apocalypse and post
devastation psychological dream state. The original series, created
between 2000-2001 ,included over 300 hundred artworks and was
presented as an enormous drawing installation at the Ontario College
of Art and Design.